2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Economic analysis of income inequality and poverty
| Project Area | Elucidation of social stratification mechanism and control over health inequality in contemporary Japan: New interdisciplinary area of social and health sciences |
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| Project/Area Number |
21119004
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Review Section |
Complex systems
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| Research Institution | Hitotsubashi University |
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Principal Investigator |
OSHIO Takashi 一橋大学, 経済研究所, 教授 (50268132)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ABE Aya 国立社会保障・人口問題研究所, 社会保障応用分析研究部, 部長 (60415817)
URAKAWA Kunio 九州大学, 経済学研究院, 准教授 (90452482)
OISHI Akiko 千葉大学, 法経学部, 教授 (20415821)
SUZUKI Wataru 学習院大学, 経済学部, 教授 (80324854)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009-07-23 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 所得格差 / 貧困 / 健康 / 主観的厚生 / 子ども |
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| Research Abstract |
We found that income and social inequalities have significant impacts on health and subjective well-being (such as perceived happiness and life satisfaction) in childhood and later life. We also observed that these impacts are relatively direct and not fully mediated by socioeconomic factors. Moreover, we showed that area-level income inequality and poverty have negative associations with individual-level subjective well-being as well as health and self-rated health, on which preceding studies have focused. These findings underscore that income inequality and poverty have serious impacts on health and subjective well-being and that policy measures are needed to tackle them.
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Research Products
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[Presentation] Family-work conflict : Comparison of Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong2011
Author(s)
Chan, R. K. H, Wang, L. L. R., Oishi, A. S., and Kim J-H
Organizer
The International Conference on Comparative Social Quality
Place of Presentation
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Year and Date
2011-06-03
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